Power-converting apparatus.



No. 828,497. PATENTED AUG.,14, 190s.

G. H MOPmGAN. I

' POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9. 1904.

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UNITED STATES" PATENT oiuuoiE.

GEORGE H. MORGAN, OF LOU P'CITY, NEBRASKA.

POWER-CONVERTING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1 906.

Application filed August 9, 1904 Serial No. 220,139.

Tea/'6 whom zit may concern.-

Be it known that GEORGE I-I. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Loup City, in'the county of *$herman and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Power-Converting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

In a] great many factories where steampower is used certain machines are thrown out and disconnected, so that the engine has not the same amount of work to do at all The object of my invention is to provide an engine with an air-compressor, so arranged that the engineer whenhe notices that certain of the power-requiring machines have been momentarily thrown out of con- Eorarily thrown out of connection.

ave shown and described a steam-engine nection may throw into gear a spring-motor,

' which requires approximately the same force to wind as he did to work the machine tem- While I provided withmy sprin.g-motor and air-compressing attachment, it should be understood that this device could also be used in con- ,nection' with an electric motor. From this it will be seen that the object of my invention is to provide .a spring-motor adapted tobe thrown into play in connec tion with a suitable engine when certain of the machinery .driven by the engine are thrown out of work or disconnected.

In the accompanying drawings I have shdwn in Figure, 1 a top view of an engine,

partly in section, disclosing my connected spring-motor and aircompressor,'while Fig. 2 shows aside view thereof, I 1* In the accompanying drawings I have :shown a suitable'base' 57, supporting an ordinarycylinder 55, which is provided with the usuallive-steam pipe 56 and theguideway 52, ,within which reciprocates the usual 3 cross-head 50, to which is'secured the pistonis provided with a suitable groove, within which is adapted to work the pin 39, extending from the lever 45, which lever by meansof its rear end is securedto' a pin 41, ex-

tendinglfrom the bracket 42, so that by -means of this lever the collar 43 maybe slid backward and forward upon the shaft C. Loosely working upon this shaft 0 is thecup 37, carrying the pinion 36, and extending 'from this sliding collar 43 is the cone '38,

adapted to work into the cup 37, so that the rotary movement of the shaft C may be im- Held within the standards26 and 26 is a shaft B, to which is secured a'suitable gear 24, to which gear is fastened a coil-sprin 2-5,

, parted to the cup 37 to rotate the pinion 36.

secured by means of its end 30 to the sha t B- Secured to the gear 24 is the auxiliary gear e, and to, this is secured the ratchet-wheel f, a pawl t working conjunction with the ratchet-wheel, so that this spring 25 may be wound up as is in-ordinary clock-springs, the

pawl 11 being supported by-the bracket'29, as shown. In connection with the gear e I use a dog-lever 27, supported within the standso that said gear may be stopped by the lever 27', being brought into frictional contact therewith to check the speed .and stop the gear. 24. I Secured to this shaft B is the gear 30,, meshing with the pinion v36 upon the main driving-shaft C, so that by means of this inion 36 the gear 30 may be rotated to win the coil-spring 35 exactly as an ordinary. clock-spring is wound, as has been stated. Connected with the spring 25 is the driving-gear 24,-meshin'g with the gear 23, mounted upon a multip le-crank shaft A,

provided with the cranks 17, 18, and 19 and supported within the bearings 26 and 21, as

shown in Fig. 1, so arranged that as the spring 25 unwinds it operates this multiple- .crank shaft A. a

order to impart a steady. rotary move- "ard 28, this dog lever 27 engaging the gear e,

ment to the multiple-crank shaft A, I use a stub-shaft p, held within the bearings 31, a

which is provided a, governor-wheel 33.

and a pinion 32, meshing with the pinion 23, as'shown in Fig. 1. Upon a suitable base 51 are mounted the air-com ressing cylinders 1,

the usual intakevalves'm and,.the exit-pipes 13, 10, and 12,.

2, and 3, provided wit res ectively, as shown in F1 .'1', each provi ed with a usual valve n. ithin the cylinders 1, 2, and 3 are the pistons 5, 6, and 4.

providedwith the piston-rods 8, 7, and 9,

I press the air Within the cylinders 1, 2,.and 3.

wind up this spring by means of certain By thus simultaneouslystoring uip energy in,

I inder by means of the pitrnan 0 is secured to the crank 18, and the itman 7 extending from the cylinder 2 to t e-crank 17, and the pitman 9 extending from the cylinder '3 to the crank 19. Now when the'engineer notices that certaiIrof the larger machines are temporarily thrown-out of gear he promptly throws into gear the pinion '36 to wind the spring 25, and this spring after being wound in releasing the dog-lever 27 ispermitted to rotate the multiple-crank shaft A to com- It is of course understood-that these cylin-- ders 1, 2, and 3 are of a necessityof asmall capacity, as it is understood that no very great force can be exerted by means of a coilspring, as the one shown at 25; but in my present arrangement it is possiblato quickly power which is available but for -various short periods, so that during the long intermissions, during which the pinion 36 cannot be brought into play, the spring 25fslowly unwinds to operate the air-compressors, and this compressed is stored andnsed for various purposes.

It will be observed that the power may be taken ofi from the spring-actuated gear 242;; while theengine is at the same time winding up the s ring and storing energy in the motor, so t at as a matter :of fact the motor forms a part of a-tr'ainof gear" connecting up the driving-shaft with the fiiven shaft.-

, any reason the primary motor or trolling the springmotor, and a the spring-motor and-Qtaking it out of thespring-actuated geararesilient drive is secured, and if the primaryniotor. or engine speeds up sufliciently to Wind up the spring tightly no harm can result to the mechanism, as a positive drive is then secureiil. If for should stop, the spring-motor will come into action, ',utilizing its stored-up energy through shaft under all conditions'of operation. It:

engine v the spring actuated gear 24. Thus the driven shaft is continuously operated. The

will thus be observed that the action of the I mechanism is automatic and that therefore it will afford a very useful adjunct to a'power plan t'in that it is always ready to store and transmit the surplus power not needed in running the regular machineryof the plant.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is

In a power-transmitting apparatus, the combination of a drive-shaft, adriven shaft,

and the driven shaft, said train of caring embodying a spring-motor through -t' e mespring-motor expending'its'energy backward manually-controlled means for connecting one end of said train of gearing to the driveshaft, manually control-led means for convice geared to the driven shaft. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of-two witnesses.

GEORGEH. MQBGAN. Witnesses:

J. BUDLER, Joir v SOLMS.

governor dea train of gearing between the driving-shaft 

